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In response the Mayor said: “I think it’s really vital that local councillors keep in touch with local residents to provide evidence on the support that’s available – people suffering domestic abuse, or who can’t access food or who aren’t lonely, and it’s really critical that we provide that information.” WatfordWide News was sent out despite current guidance prohibiting leafleting He added that they were “providing information” similar to how other companies are, specifically examplifying double-glazing and pizza leaflets. Mr Taylor said: “The thing that I find strange about the position of Labour locally is that apparently all those things are fine and safe and provide no Covid risk, but anything from a local councillor that provides information to local residents is somehow a Covid risk. And I’d loved to see the epidemiology that underpins that position.” ....
Cllr Nigel Bell, left, Cllr Ian Stotesbury, top right, and Watford MP Dean Russell, bottom right Politicians in Watford say any proposal to cut Universal Credit would be shameful and deeply immoral . The leader of the Watford Labour group, Nigel Bell, and Lib Dem councillor and former parliamentary candidate, Ian Stotesbury, reacted after the majority of Tory MP s failed to back a motion by Labour calling for the universal credit top-up to be kept in place beyond March 31. Labour’s non-binding motion pressing the Government to maintain a weekly payment increase of £20 was passed by 278 votes to zero, with six Tories rebelling against Prime Minister Boris Johnson by voting with Labour. ....
The guidance under lockdown restrictions has prohibited door-to-door leafleting as political parties campaign for the May elections. But these rules – which were applied both during the second lockdown in November and the current lockdown – were broken as leaflets and a ‘WatfordWide News’ tabloid-styled newsletter from the Liberal Democrats continued distribution to Watford residents. With these restrictions imposed, both Watford Labour and the Watford Conservative Association decided to abide by these rules and halt distributions of any campaigning leaflets. Leading Liberal Democrat councillor Stephen Giles-Medhurst however has defended the latest run of newsletters, pointing to the legal advice the national Liberal Democrats party received – which classes leafleting as a “voluntary service” that cannot “reasonably be undertaken from home” and therefore exempt. ....
Watford Labour has slammed the Government’s late-notice decision to delay the reopening of primary schools. Primary schools in Watford, Hertsmere, Three Rivers and Broxbourne are among the “few” areas that education secretary Gavin Williamson said would have to delay their reopening in the Spring term. The education secretary said the decision for select areas was a “last resort” and the majority of areas in England will have schools opened as planned on Monday (January 4). As a result, primary schools in the affected areas had to scrap current plans,and will stay shut to all but vulnerable children and those of key workers for the start of term. ....